Note: This op-ed was originally published in Just Security and was authored by Michelle Kendler-Kretsch, Investigations Manager at The Sentry, and Anrike Visser, Senior Advisor on Illicit Finance Policy at The Sentry.   Baby on Board! How Kleptocrats and Associates Use Family Members to Evade Sanctions   When Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane crashed on Aug. 23, […]

Note: This op-ed originally published in The Economist and was written by The Sentry’s co-founders George Clooney and John Prendergast.  George Clooney and John Prendergast on how the West can kill the Wagner virus   Without stronger action, state capture in Africa and beyond will spread as the group mutates In the days since the […]

Note: This op-ed was originally published in Daily Maverick and was authored by Nick Donovan, Senior Investigator at The Sentry.   Zunaid Moti’s tsunami of spin secures judicial gagging order against investigative journalists   In an unprecedented attack on free speech, a South African court has ordered journalists at amaBhungane to stop reporting on the […]

Note: This op-ed was originally published in Just Security and was written by John Prendergast, Co-Founder of The Sentry, and Ernst Jan Hogendoorn, Senior Advisor to the U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan from 2019-2023.   On June 1, the Biden administration imposed financial sanctions on four companies associated with and generating income for the […]

Note: This op-ed originally published in The Hill and was written by John Prendergast, Co-Founder of The Sentry, and Brian Adeba, Deputy Director of Policy at The Sentry.   South Sudan is facing a cascade of chaos The unfolding cataclysm in Sudan will not be contained inside Sudan’s borders. In addition to cascading Sudanese refugee flows into […]

Note: This op-ed was originally published in Euractiv and written by Anrike Visser, Senior EU Advisor on Illicit Finance Policy for The Sentry.   Russian sanctions evasion shows circumvention is the biggest threat to Europe   On 10 March, chief European Union diplomat Joseph Borrell told Euractiv that the EU had nearly exhausted sanctions to counter Russia and […]

Note: This op-ed originally published in TIME and was written by The Sentry’s co-founders George Clooney and John Prendergast.  How the International Community Failed Sudan   Sudan’s violent implosion shows that the international community’s approach to responding to conflict there is misguided and devoid of imagination. Most significant is the failure by the international community […]

Note: This op-ed originally appeared in The Hill and was written by John Prendergast, Co-Founder of The Sentry. Pope’s visit to South Sudan and Congo shines light on suffering, need for international action   The visit of Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo this week presents a […]

Note: This op-ed was originally published in Politico and was written by The Sentry’s Justyna Gudzowska, Director of Illicit Finance Policy, and Nathalia Dukhan, Senior Investigator.   Russia’s Bloody Sledgehammer Biden can do far more to counter the Wagner Group mercenaries terrorizing Ukraine. Last November, a snuff film began to circulate online depicting the gruesome murder […]

Note: This op-ed was originally published in Bloomberg Law and was written by Justyna Gudzowska, Director of Illicit Finance Policy at The Sentry, and Jonathan Winer, a former deputy US assistant secretary of state for international law enforcement.   Lawyers Should Be Key Reporters in Anti-Money Laundering Efforts As attorneys who have spent substantial portions of our […]

Note: This op-ed was orginally published in The Diplomat and written by  Justyna Gudzowska, The Sentry’s Director of Illicit Finance Policy, and Yadanar Maung, spokesperson for Justice For Myanmar.   It’s Time to Take the Gloves Off on Myanmar As the military junta’s atrocities increase, it is high time for the U.S. and like-minded partners to […]

Note: This op-ed originally appeared in Smerconish.com and was written by Debra LaPrevotte, Senior Investigator at The Sentry.    Every day, agents, police, and prosecutors across America are fighting to protect our communities, safeguard U.S. national security and financial markets, and stem the flow of dirty money into the United States. Even so, current safeguards against […]

This op-ed originally appeared on Project Syndicate and was written by John Prendergast, Co-Founder of  The Sentry. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been pillaged by foreign governments and corporations for more than 500 years, and this sordid pattern continues to this day. Given this history, is it any wonder that the country suffers from massive corruption, perpetual […]

Note: This op-ed originally appeared in Nikkei Asia and was written by Justyna Gudzowska, Director of Illicit Finance Policy at The Sentry, and Akira Igata, project lecturer at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo.     As the leaders of the Group of Seven nations meet in the Bavarian Alps this […]

Note: This article originally appeared in the Wilson Center’s Wilson Quarterly in English, and was written by Floribert Anzuluni, Senior DRC Policy Advisor to The Sentry, and Brad Brooks-Rubin, Senior Advisor to The Sentry.   Le passé et le présent de l’Amérique s’entrechoquent en République démocratique du Congo Bien que peu de gens en soient conscients, […]

Note: This op-ed originally appeared in Just Security and was written by John Prendergast, Co-Founder of The Sentry, and US Representative James McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee and Co-Chairs the bipartisan Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. As the international community debates how much and how soon to pressure Ukraine to resume peace talks and consider […]

Notes: This article was originally published in SDG Action was written by Justyna Gudzowska, Director of Illicit Finance Policy.   Tackling illicit financial flows Recent attempts to place sanctions on Russia illustrate how easily illicit financial flows are concealed on a massive scale. With trillions diverted from critical development projects each year, jeopardizing many of the […]

Note: This article was originally published in the Wilson Center’s Wilson Quarterly and was written by Floribert Anzuluni, Senior DRC Policy Advisor to The Sentry, and Brad Brooks-Rubin, Senior Advisor to The Sentry.   America’s Past and Present Collide in the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC resides at the nexus of the great power competition […]

Note: This op-ed was originally published in TIME Magazine and was authored by The Sentry’s Co-Founders George Clooney and John Prendergast and Director of Illicit Finance Policy Justyna Gudzowska.   Since the invasion of Ukraine, an extraordinary coalition of allies is working together to isolate Russia economically, imposing sanctions and cutting off access to the global […]

Note: This op-ed originally appeared in Le Monde and was written by Nathalia Dukhan, Senior Investigator at The Sentry.   Guerre en Ukraine : « L’OTAN devrait appliquer des sanctions ciblées contre les kleptocraties africaines alliées du Kremlin » Certains « Etats criminels » du continent sont utilisés par Moscou comme « réservoirs de ressources […]